Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Buses

Select Bus Service Comes to Brooklyn

By Ben Fried | Nov 18, 2013 | 33 Comments

Yesterday was the first day of service for Brooklyn’s first Select Bus Service route, upgrading the B44 Limited with a dedicated bus lane, off-board fare collection, bus bulbs, and fewer stops. It’s the sixth SBS route to enter service, following two in the Bronx, two in Manhattan, and one in Staten Island. In addition to […]

Bus Time Went Live in Manhattan This Morning

By Stephen Miller | Oct 7, 2013 | 2 Comments

After signs went up in subway stations last week, the MTA made it official this morning: real-time bus tracking is now available for all Manhattan buses, joining Staten Island and the Bronx, with Queens and Brooklyn to come online within six months. Bus Time for Manhattan buses appeared shortly after midnight last night, adding 36 routes […]

MTA Plans Busway Beneath the M Train in Ridgewood

By Stephen Miller | Oct 4, 2013 | 16 Comments

The MTA is working on a plan for a short busway in Ridgewood that would run for six-tenths of a mile beneath the elevated M tracks, between Fresh Pond Road and Palmetto Street. While the project wouldn’t transform a car-choked traffic sewer into a pedestrian-friendly transit boulevard (the right-of-way is currently a series of weed-strewn […]

Bus Time Set to Expand to Manhattan This Month; Queens and Brooklyn Next

By Stephen Miller | Oct 3, 2013 | 6 Comments

Nearly a year after the Bronx became the second borough to get real-time bus tracking on all its buses, the MTA’s Bus Time program is set to expand to Manhattan this month, according to signs spotted in Manhattan subway stations by Twitter user David Rose and Second Avenue Sagas. In March, the MTA announced that […]

Genielle Laboriel, 21, Killed by Bus Driver in the Bronx; No Charges Filed

By Brad Aaron | Oct 3, 2013 | 94 Comments

A school bus driver struck and killed a woman who was riding a skateboard in the Melrose section of the Bronx yesterday. The crash occurred at around 7:15 Wednesday morning. Genielle Laboriel, 21, was crossing E. 160th Street from the Melrose Avenue sidewalk when she was hit by the bus driver, who was making a […]

Eyes on the Street: Painting SBS Bus Lanes on Nostrand Avenue

By Stephen Miller | Sep 26, 2013 | 11 Comments

Brooklyn’s B44 bus carried more than 12.5 million passengers last year between the base of the Williamsburg Bridge and Sheepshead Bay, making it the city’s fifth-busiest bus route. But the B44, which runs primarily along Nostrand Avenue, is notoriously unreliable and spends less than half of each run in motion. Half the time, it’s stuck in traffic or at bus […]

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